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Person: Leopold II

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1916 lives: Roger Casement, a man of mystery

1916 lives: Roger Casement, a man of mystery

IN THE week after Roger Casement’s execution, on August 3, 1916, newsreel footage of the Irish nationalist leader was shown in cinemas across America.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

Empire of evil

The Kaiser’s Holocaust

Sat, 25 Sep, 2010

A new leader - Let us hope for another Mandela

IN JANUARY 1876 Leopold II, King of the Belgians, was uneasy. He desired, like most of his European peers, a colony.

Fri, 21 Dec, 2007